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> People who want native apps from a source other than Apple or Google can pretty easily get them: Cydia's existed longer than the App Store has, and Google mak

> People who want native apps from a source other than Apple or Google can pretty easily get them: Cydia's existed longer than the App Store has, and Google makes it easy to sideload anything. It might be easy for tech-savvy people but not for the average customer. Installing Cydia on an iPhone requires jailbreaking, I think. Sideloading is easier but you have to jump through a few hoops to be able to install apps. > The world doesn't owe you a business model, and you can't take away people's rights because you want a better way to sell your wares. I may be misunderstanding this but how does this take away people's rights?

caslon 6y ago
> It might be easy for tech-savvy people but not for the average customer. Having domain knowledge is pretty helpful in everything. People who don't know what they're doing shouldn't play with explosives, for example. Plenty of ten year olds have jailbroken their devices, just check the jailbreak reddit. If they can do it, anyone can. Just read about it first. Epic Games got hundreds of thousands of little kids to sideload their app on Google's operating system. > I may be misunderstanding this but how does this take away people's rights? Forcing someone to host something takes away their right to free speech.